False angelwing
| False angelwing | |
|---|---|
| Paired valves of Petricolaria pholadiformis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Petricolaria |
| Species: | P. pholadiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Petricola pholadifomis Lamarck, 1818 | |
Petricolaria pholadiformis, common names false angelwing, or false angel wing (US), and American piddock (UK), is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.